Daily Letter

A short, daily burst of inspiration in fewer than a 100 words.

  • "A thought-provoking collection of ideas and musings that if taken to heart, have the potential to add immense depth and richness (with compounding interest) to your life"

    Shane Dryden, co-founder Yuppiechef

  • "Not once have I been sorry that I signed up for Pierre’s newsletter 😁"

    Nerine

  • "Getting this letter is a breath of fresh air amongst the sea of emails in my ever-growing inbox each day. It’s the one I excitedly click to open, waiting to see what image will load accompanied by an insight into Pierre’s wonderful strategic brain."

    Mireille

  • "It delivers a daily dose of thought-provoking insights that encourage you to pause, reflect, and ask new questions – a powerful boost for advancing my personal strategy!"

    Ronel

  • "If you want to be reminded how to be a decent human in just a few sentences, then this is it."

    Ronel H

  • “Pierres’ Daily Letter has become the weekday spark of inspiration, motivation and perspective for me. To me his letters serve as a reminder to not turn my rhythms into routine, but to stay intentionally present in every day”

    Jacobs

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I didn't survive, I ...

When Tony Robbins asked Nelson Mandela how he survived all those years in prison, his answer surprised.

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10 seconds

Are you familiar with a loving-kindness meditation?

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A Metcon of a Meditation session

I had a really crappy meditation session this morning. My mind was all over the place, I rewrote this email about 20 times in my head, did our monthly budget, rearranged about three to-do lists... 

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Posture

What is your posture towards the world, how are you placed in relationship to it and everyone in it?

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When is big enough, big enough?

I'm reading Eugene Peterson's Under the Unpredictable Plant at the moment and in it, he talks about organisational growth. I'd thought I'd share the basic idea here, it is quite profound.

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"We just declared fame."

I once hear Lady Gaga say in an interview that she and her friends just decided one day to declare fame, that's it.

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move the earth?

A Jeff Buckley quote about soil to end your week. By the way, did you know that Franciscan Monks used to taste the soil before they planted a vineyard? We do not exist apart from our context.

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beyond platitudes

At the start of the year social media is filled with 'live your best life!' or 'become the best you!' posts.

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when do we move

When the pain of staying becomes more than the pain of leaving we …

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Source of Suffering

In Buddhist philosophy, it is said the all suffering stems from desire, from wanting. This is true, especially when it comes to wanting a specific…

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The Messenger

'Cause today is Thanksgiving (that is a holiday that deserves copying by the way..), I wanted to send you this poem by Marie Oliver, so we can remember that our true work is

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